From delta-3,4,5,6-Tetrachlorocyclohexene to Benzene

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Reference: Middeldorp, P. J. M., Jaspers, M., Zehnder, A. J. B., & Schraa, G. (1996). Environmental Science and Technology, 30, 2345-2349.
Search Medline for tetrachlorocyclohexene AND bacteria.: 8 citations on March 09, 2012.

  delta-3,4,5,6-Tetrachlorocyclohexene   
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                    |  2H⁺ + 2e^-
                    | /
                    |/
                    |
                    |\
                    | \
                    |  2H⁺ + 2Cl^-
                    v
    [5,6-Dichloro-1,3-cyclohexadiene]    
                    |
                    |  2H+ + 2e^-
                    | /
                    |/
                    |
                    |\
                    | \
                    |  2H+ + 2Cl^-
                    v
                 Benzene

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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:: vic-Dihalogenated cyclohexane derivative -----> Cyclohexene derivative (bt0379); vic-Dihalogenated cyclohexane derivative -----> Cyclohexene derivative (bt0379)

[beta-1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexachlorocyclohexane (an/aerobic)] [BBD Main Menu]

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